Thursday, March 21, 2013

P2P encrypted communication system with RSS like features

Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs. If Bitmessage is completely new to you, you may wish to start by reading the whitepaper

"We propose a system that allows users to securely send
and receive messages, and subscribe to broadcast messages, using a
trustless decentralized peer‐to‐peer protocol. Users need not
exchange any data beyond a relatively short (around 36 character)
address to ensure security and they need not have any concept of
public or private keys to use the system. It is also designed to mask
non‐content data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from
those not involved in the communication."